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Virus infects census software
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Computer Risk Manager the Second Edition
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Security For Computer Systems
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Software Under Siege
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The Survival Pack (video and book)
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STOP PRESS VIRUS INFECTS CENSUS SOFTWARE The Census Bureau in the USA has just announced that a virus has infected one of the two floppy disks sent out with the County & City Data Book CD-ROM. The virus has been identified as the Jerusalem B virus, also known as the Israeli virus. The bureau is advising recipients to destroy the disk as soon as it is received, and not to reformat and reuse the disk. The disks and CD-ROM were sent out by the Government Printing Office (GPO) and are listed on shipping list 90-0057-P as C3.134/2:C 83/2/988/floppy-2. The title on the floppy disk is as follows: Bureau of the Census Elec. County & City Data Bk., 1988 USA, Inc., 1101 King St. Suite 601 Alexandria, Va. 223 14 tel: (703)-979-9699
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No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury an&or damage to persons or property as a matter of produr/s liability. negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instruction or ideas contained herein.
Special regulationsfiw readers in the USA: This publication ha5 been registered with the Copyright Clearance Center Inc. Conent is given for copying of articles for personal or internal use, or for the personal use of specific clients. The consent is given on the condition that the copier pays the per-copy fee stated in the code on the front page for copying beyond that permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the US Copyright Law. The appropriate fee should be forwarded with a copy of each page reproduced to the Copyright Clearance Center Inc., 21 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA. This consent does not extend to other kinds of copying, such as for general distribution, resale, advertising and promotion purposes, or for creating new collective works. Special written permission must be obtained from the publisher for such copying.
The County & City Data Book CD-ROM can be used safely with the software on the other floppy disk distributed in that shipment.
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Elsevier Advanced Technology, the publisher of the Computer Fraud and Security Bulletin, also publishes the major international journal Computers & Security. Eight issues are produced each year. Each issue contains refereed articles on relevant subjects, special features, summaries of articles published elsewhere and an events calendar. There is also a section, Random Bits and Bytes, by Dr Harold Joseph Highland which gives up-to-date and in-depth analysis of issues facing the computer security community. The May issue is now available and contains features on: physical access controls, criminological concepts and research findings, and vulnerabilities of data communications security. For a free sample copy of Computers & Security contact Paul Evans, Elsevier Advanced Technology, Mayfield House, 256 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7DH, UK; tel: +44-(0)86551 2242; fax: +44-(0)865- 310981.
COMPUTER PRODUCTS
SECURITY
Information on the following computer security titles is available from the same address above: Computer Virus Handbook The PC Security Guide Continuity Planning Computer Security Manager Computer Security Financial Organizations
in
-
Computer Risk Manager the Second Edition
-
Security For Computer Systems
-
Software Under Siege
-
The Survival Pack (video and book)
Small
STOP PRESS VIRUS INFECTS CENSUS SOFTWARE The Census Bureau in the USA has just announced that a virus has infected one of the two floppy disks sent out with the County & City Data Book CD-ROM. The virus has been identified as the Jerusalem B virus, also known as the Israeli virus. The bureau is advising recipients to destroy the disk as soon as it is received, and not to reformat and reuse the disk. The disks and CD-ROM were sent out by the Government Printing Office (GPO) and are listed on shipping list 90-0057-P as C3.134/2:C 83/2/988/floppy-2. The title on the floppy disk is as follows: Bureau of the Census Elec. County & City Data Bk., 1988 USA, Inc., 1101 King St. Suite 601 Alexandria, Va. 223 14 tel: (703)-979-9699
Editorial offke: Elsevier Advanced Technology Mayfield House, 256 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 7DH, UK Tel: (0865) 5 12242 Fax: (0865) 3 1098 1 TX: 837966; Telecom Gold 79:IRCOlO Subscription price for 1 year (12 issues) including delivery: US$ for USA & Canada 304.00 (first class airmail) 169.00 f Sterling for UK f Sterling for Rest of the World 191.00 (fist class airmail) Prices valid IO end of 1990 Subscription enquiries, orders payments: Elsevier Services (UK) Crown House, Linton Road Barking, Essex IG118JU. UK Tel: (01) 594-7272
and
Elsevier Advanced Technology 655 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10010, USA Tel: (212)
989-5800
No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury an&or damage to persons or property as a matter of produr/s liability. negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instruction or ideas contained herein.
Special regulationsfiw readers in the USA: This publication ha5 been registered with the Copyright Clearance Center Inc. Conent is given for copying of articles for personal or internal use, or for the personal use of specific clients. The consent is given on the condition that the copier pays the per-copy fee stated in the code on the front page for copying beyond that permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the US Copyright Law. The appropriate fee should be forwarded with a copy of each page reproduced to the Copyright Clearance Center Inc., 21 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA. This consent does not extend to other kinds of copying, such as for general distribution, resale, advertising and promotion purposes, or for creating new collective works. Special written permission must be obtained from the publisher for such copying.
The County & City Data Book CD-ROM can be used safely with the software on the other floppy disk distributed in that shipment.
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Printed by Colt.wold
Press Ltd, Oxford,
UK.